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A poem of a different sort,
but a poem which I also think

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is about obsession and
survival, a poem about a wolf.

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It's called The Wolf's Journey.

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Cold began chewing
through the fur.

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The small bones broke.

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Bright teeth caught at the
light which turned against him.

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He kept on.

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Wind entered the eyes,
got hold of his voice

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and fled back
through the throat.

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He kept on.

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At the edge of the ruined stream
beneath the stone mountain,

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hunger took over and he
stumbled into his shadow

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which covered him, which
sank deep, found the heart,

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and ate it.

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Snow fell, thinking to
complete its own work,

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but the shadow rose
out of the wolf.

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It lay alone on the
surface of the snow,

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eyes opened inside it
turning the light away,

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shaking off the wind.

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Cold arrived, the
shadow chewed it up.

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Sleep arrived, the
shadow broke its back.

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And when the wind returned
offering to make a deal,

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the shadow struck it down
and pulled out of its mouth

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the voice of the wolf.

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Save yourself, the voice said.

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The wind escaped, the
shadow looked around.

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What was supposed
to happen next?

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The shadow looked around
and everywhere it looked,

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it saw only itself and
heard only its own voice

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coming back through the dark
asking the same question.

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